Carl Lorenz (cyclist)

Charly Lorenz with his protégés Joachim Popke (left) and Rolf Nitzsche (1956)

Carl "Charly" Lorenz (born November 27, 1913 in Riesa ; † November 25, 1993 in Bad Liebenwerda ) was a German racing cyclist . In 1936 he became Olympic champion with the tandem .

Athletic career

Carl Lorenz started out as a cyclist and in 1934 switched from Diamant to the track as a works driver . At the UCI rail world championships in Leipzig in 1934 , he met Arie van Vliet in the quarter-finals and was eliminated because he had gone off the track. At the open British championship in 1934 he competed on a tandem with Ernst Ihbe from Leipzig . On the first lap Lorenz drove in the front position, but both lost. In the repechage Ihbe moved forward, and since the two not only won the repechage but also the British championship, Ihbe stayed in front until the end of their career together. The two together won two German championship titles. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , Ihbe and Lorenz won the gold medal together. From 1937 Carl Lorenz was a professional, but he did not achieve greater success.

Professional

After the Second World War he worked as a traffic policeman in Chemnitz . In 1955 Lorenz became a coach at SC Dynamo Berlin , including the multiple GDR champion Rolf Nitzsche . At the 1960 Olympic Games , athletes he supervised won silver with the tandem and in the team pursuit . Until 1964 he remained a coach in cycling. He then became the object manager of the rowing section at SC Dynamo Berlin.

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .

Web links

Carl Lorenz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Carl Lorenz in the Radsportseiten.net database

References and comments

↑ According to Sports-reference, Lorenz was born in Chemnitz and died in Berlin, the representation here follows the representation in the cycling archives. After Borowik; 300 racing drivers are the birthplace of Riesa.
^ ^A ^b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 50/1988 . Berlin, S. 7 .
↑ Rolf Nitzsche passed away. In: rad-net.de. March 25, 2013, accessed August 27, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lorenz, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lorenz, Charly (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 27, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Riesa
DATE OF DEATH	November 25, 1993
Place of death	Bad Liebenwerda

[1] According to Sports-reference, Lorenz was born in Chemnitz and died in Berlin, the representation here follows the representation in the cycling archives. After Borowik; 300 racing drivers are the birthplace of Riesa.

[:0-2] A ^b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 50/1988 . Berlin, S. 7 .

[rad-3] Rolf Nitzsche passed away. In: rad-net.de. March 25, 2013, accessed August 27, 2015 .